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ENVIRONMENT - November 2016

Nov 2016

Jan 15, 2017

E-Waste in East and South-East Asia Jumps

A new UNU research shows that the volume of discarded electronics in East and South-East Asia jumped almost two-thirds between 2010 and 2015, and e-waste generation is growing fast in both total volume and per capita measures.

Jan 13, 2017

Almost 75% of Japan's Biggest Coral Reef Has Died

Almost 75% of Japan’s biggest coral reef has died, according to a report that blames its demise on rising sea temperatures caused by global warming.
As per the Japanese environment ministry 70% of the Sekisei lagoon in Okinawa had been killed by a phenomenon known as bleaching.
The plight of the reef, located in Japan’s southernmost reaches, has become extremely serious in recent years.
A survey of 35 locations in the lagoon last November and December found that 70.1% percent of the coral had died.

Northeast US Temperatures are Decades Ahead

Results of a new study suggest that temperatures across the northeastern United States will increase much faster than the global average, so that the 2-degrees Celsius warming target adopted in the recent Paris Agreement on climate change will be reached about 20 years earlier for this part of the U.S. compared to the world as a whole.

Jan 04, 2017

Carbon Capture Breakthrough

A plant at the industrial port of Tuticorin is capturing CO2 from its own coal-powered boiler and using it to make soda ash – aka baking powder.
The firm behind the Tuticorin process says its chemicals will lock up 60,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.
Debate over carbon capture has mostly focused until now on carbon capture and storage.
The Tuticorin plant is said to be the first industrial scale example of carbon capture and utilisation.

Dec 28, 2016

Cheetahs Rushing Towards Extinction

As per a study, the cheetah is nearing extinction. Due to its dramatic fall in number, very soon it shall be listed in the endangered species category.
Unfortunately it faces persecution rampantly both inside and outside of the protected areas which remain largely unrecognized.
It is estimated that the number of cheetahs left in the wild today to be just 7,100.

Dec 24, 2016

Ammonia Detected in Earth's Atmosphere

In an unexpected first, researchers have discovered ammonia in Earth's lowest atmospheric layer.
The detected ammonia was most concentrated in the upper layer of the troposphere above India and China, countries that have experienced population and economic booms in recent years.

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